Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Student, BDS, Dr. Ishrat-Ul-Ebad Khan Institute Of Oral Health Sciences, Dow University Of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2023 Feb;73(Suppl 1)(2):S9-S13. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.AKUS-02.
To assess knowledge and awareness of dental healthcare professionals on dental stem cells.
A questionnaire survey-based study was conducted using Google forms on a sample of 69 dental healthcare professionals (DHCP) from September - October 2022, after obtaining ethical approval. A validated questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and awareness of dental healthcare professionals on stem cells, which was then divided into three sections. The section A was about demographic statistics, section B assessed knowledge and awareness regarding dental stem cells and section C consisted of 5 score VAS scale to assess the acceptability of future research and increase implication of dental stem cells (DSC) among DHCP. The frequency of each question was reported in percentages. To assess the difference of knowledge and awareness of DSC among different specialties of DHCP, one-way ANOVA test was applied and incase of significant results pairwise comparison was performed by post-hoc Tukey test.
Mean scores of knowledge and awareness of DSC among female DHCP were 54.26 ± 11.73 and males were 53.50 ±8.19. There was a statistically significant difference of knowledge (p= 0.02) among different dental healthcare professionals. On pairwise comparison by post-hoc Tukey HSD we found statistically significant difference (p = 0.03) of knowledge and awareness of dental stem cells among general dentists and operative dentistry specialists.
We found poor knowledge and awareness of dental healthcare professionals regarding dental stem cells. However, operative and endodontic specialty had more awareness on dental stem cells as compared to any other specialty. There was positive approach for further future researches on stem cells.
评估牙科医护人员对牙科干细胞的知识和认知。
在获得伦理批准后，于 2022 年 9 月至 10 月期间，使用 Google 表单对 69 名牙科医护人员（DHCP）进行了一项基于问卷调查的研究。使用经过验证的问卷评估牙科医护人员对干细胞的知识和认知，问卷分为三个部分。A 部分是关于人口统计学统计，B 部分评估牙科干细胞的知识和认知，C 部分由 5 个评分 VAS 量表组成，用于评估未来研究的可接受性和提高 DHCP 对牙科干细胞（DSC）的认识。每个问题的频率以百分比报告。为了评估不同 DHCP 专业之间对 DSC 的知识和认知的差异，应用了单因素方差分析检验，在存在显著结果的情况下，通过事后 Tukey 检验进行了两两比较。
女性 DHCP 的 DSC 知识和认知平均得分为 54.26 ± 11.73，男性为 53.50 ± 8.19。不同牙科医护人员之间的知识存在统计学显著差异（p= 0.02）。通过事后 Tukey HSD 进行两两比较，我们发现普通牙医和口腔修复科专家之间在 DSC 的知识和认知方面存在统计学显著差异（p = 0.03）。
我们发现牙科医护人员对牙科干细胞的知识和认知水平较低。然而，与其他任何专业相比，口腔修复科和牙髓病科的专业人员对牙科干细胞的认识更为深入。对于干细胞的进一步研究，他们持有积极的态度。
